sebi:WTM/PS/161/IMD/WRO-ILO/FEB/2016
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Facts / Headnote
Interim order dated July 31, 2014 confirmed; noticees restrained from collecting money or launching CIS, directed to wind up schemes and refund investors within 3 months, restrained from accessing securities market for 4 years (and beyond until refunds complete), with present directors also subject to directions; order without prejudice to prosecution/adjudication proceedings under Sections 24 and Chapter VIA of the SEBI Act.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11A
- s. 11
- s. 24
- s. 11(4)
- s. 19
- s. 11(1)
- s. 12
- s. 11(2)
- s. 11C
- s. 45
- s. 58A
- s. 620A
- s. 291
Regulations
- Reg. 65
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(2)(t)
Parties
- JSV Developer India Limited
- Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Kathait
- Mr. Bhupendra Singh Kathait
- Mr. Dinesh Hemraj Tembhare
- Mr. Rajat Shuvro De
- Mr. Sukanta Majhi
- Mr. Rajendra Narayan Bhale
Holding
The schemes operated by JSV Developer India Limited satisfy all four conditions of Section 11AA(2) of the SEBI Act and constitute an unregistered Collective Investment Scheme, contravening Section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3 of the CIS Regulations; the interim order was confirmed and directions including refund, winding up, and market access restraint were imposed on the Company and its directors.
Full text
Page 2 of 29 action against various companies, as prayed for in the said petition, including JSV Developer India Limited (“the Company” or “JSV Developer”)in accordance with law.Pursuant to an enquiry, SEBI, vide ex-parte interim Order dated July 31, 2014 (“the interim order”), prima facie observed that the fund mobilization activity of the company, JSV Developer India Limited (“the Company” or “JSV Developer”) is a Collective Investment Scheme in terms of section 11AA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (“the SEBIAct”). It was alleged that the Company did not obtain a certificate of registration as required under section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act and regulation 3 of the SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999 (“the CIS Regulations”) and also contravened regulation 4(2)(t) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 ("the PFUTP Regulations").
Page 3 of 29 The above directions/restrictions came into force with immediate effect and are to be in force till further orders.
Page 4 of 29 approached the Company and informed that they did not want to continue making payments towards land as the property/land developments were suffering losses. In order to avoid losses, the Company decided to bring its business to a close and to return all payments made by customers. The Company therefore closed all business in the year 2012 and began to return all the monies to the customers, which were given by each of the prospective customers as earnest money towards the purchase of properties. (h) The Company had successfully paid back all payments to its customers till date and there is not a single complaint which has been filed by any of its customers. From the records of the Company, it requires only one more financial year to refund all payments made by its customers. The Company has adhered to a very strict payback facilitation process. (i) The properties referred to as assets of alleged schemes are the ownership properties of the Company and directors and therefore their constitutional legal rights of dealing with their own properties cannot be precluded. There has never been any property which has been purchased by the Company using the payments of customers. As the Company is closing the business, it does not have any desire of parting with possession of its ownership lands, but will continuously strive to return all payments of all their customers. (j) The Company is returning and refunding the amounts in order of the „insurance claims‟ which include
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